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All About that Slang - Part Four: Greetings and Goodbyes!

Ever get bored of the same old sayings? You’re in luck. It seems like the more common a word or phrase is, the more slang terms there are for it. And what’s more common than hello and goodbye?

You already know the basic alternatives to hello: yo, ayo, hi, hey, etc. To move your slang and the conversation forward, try replacing “How are you?” with one of these:

What’s up? Whassup? Sup?

What it is? What it be? What it do?

What’s crackin’? What’s crackalackin’? What’s shakin’?

You can respond to any of these by communicating what you’re actually doing or about to do. You can also respond, “Not much,” “Nawmuch,” or “Just chillin’.”

And you likely already know the basic alternatives to goodbye: bye, later, peace, etc. Try out these other alternatives:

Alright then. Ite den.

I’m Audi. I’m outtie.

Deuces (often accompanied by the v-shaped, two-finger “peace” sign).

Much like the slang synonyms for good and bad, these alternatives to hello and goodbye usually come with context clues and intonation that makes them easy to understand, so you should most def try them out. Deuces!